A Researcher Conducts a Study in Which 50 College Students

question 9

Multiple Choice

A researcher conducts a study in which 50 college students are assigned to different treatments and tested. In the study, the students are called ____.

• A) associates
• B) cohorts
• C) participants
• D) subjects

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Definitions:

Depression

A mental health disorder characterized by persistently low mood, lack of interest in activities, and severe impairment in daily living.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus that naturally induces that response.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process through which an association is formed between two stimuli, leading to a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus.

Observational Learning

A method where people alter their behavior or learn new facts through the observation of others' activities.